GREEN BAY - A Green Bay man charged with repeatedly sexually assaulting an underage girl earlier this year has pleaded no contest to lesser charges as part of an agreement with prosecutors.

Alejandro J. Gutierrez, 18, entered the plea Thursday in Brown County Circuit Court to felony third-degree sexual assault, child enticement, false imprisonment as party to a crime and bail jumping. The charges stem from his involvement in the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl in April.

As part of Gutierrez's plea, a slew of other charges carrying harsher penalties, including the repeated sexual assault of a child, were dismissed.

According to court documents, on April 11, Gutierrez connected with the victim on Facebook. The two had not previously met. The victim told police Gutierrez picked her up that day and drove her to an apartment on the city's east side to hang out and smoke marijuana together.

The victim told authorities Gutierrez made several advances toward her, which she rejected. She said she became very tired after smoking, eventually fell asleep and when she woke up, Gutierrez pulled her into a bedroom and sexually assaulted her.

In the weeks following, the victim told police Andy L. Stewart Jr., 21, of Green Bay, was also at the apartment, and that he and Gutierrez took turns sexually assaulting her — adding that immediately after the assaults, Gutierrez forced her to shower in front of him to get rid of DNA evidence. Gutierrez has since not consented to having a DNA sample taken.

Andy L. Stewart Jr.(Photo: Courtesy of Brown County Jail)

Gutierrez initially told police he knew the girl was underage, but denied having any sexual contact with her. When entering his plea during the Thursday hearing, though, Gutierrez acknowledged the court has enough evidence to prove he had sex with the victim without her consent.

Gutierrez faces up to 47 years in prison. He faces an additional 24 years in prison as he has also pleaded no contest to strangulation and suffocation in a separate, but related case, as well as burglary and bail jumping in unrelated cases.

Gutierrez will be sentenced Dec. 3.

Stewart's next court appearance is Oct. 19. He is charged with first-degree and second-degree sexual assault of a child, false imprisonment as party to a crime, intimidating a victim as party to a crime and exposing a child to harmful material.